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Gynaeceum, sive theatrum mulierum (Gynaeceum, or Theater of Women)
Illustrated by: Jost Amman (German, 1539–1591)
Author: Jost Amman (German, 1539–1591)
Publisher: Sigmund Feyerabend (German, 1528–1590)
Author: Jost Amman (German, 1539–1591)
Publisher: Sigmund Feyerabend (German, 1528–1590)
1586
Place of Publication: Frankfurt, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 122 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 19.9 x 15 x 1.9 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number41.730
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Frankfurt: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1586
Catalogue Raisonné
Andresen 233; Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 20 (Pt. 2), pp. 635-66, no. 7; Murray, German, 34
Description(Frankfurt: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1586) Quarto; 120 leaves; nineteenth-century blind-stamped red morocco (J. Clarke).
Illustrations of women from various nations and costumes, in hierarchical order, from empresses and queens to nuns and servants.
Illustrations of women from various nations and costumes, in hierarchical order, from empresses and queens to nuns and servants.
ProvenanceMid-19th century, Henry Huth (b. 1815 - d. 1878), London and Wykehurst Place, Sussex; by descent to his son, Alfred Henry Huth (b. 1850 - d. 1910), Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire; Huth sale, lot 163. 1941, sold by William H. Schab (dealer), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 15, 1941)